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Does AAAA just mean awful triple A games now? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/games
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It seems the general direction the internet is going and I'm all for it

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[–] rayquetzalcoatl 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wait, we're doing quadruple As now?

[–] mostlikelyaperson 15 points 2 months ago

An Ubisoft exec described Skull & Bones as the first AAAA game. Given the generally unfavorable reception this game got, “AAAA game” has become an expression of mockery.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Ubisoft are

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's nothing. French porc offal sausages do five of them:

https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_amicale_des_amateurs_d%27andouillette_authentique

It's also onomatopoeic, as it's the sound one makes when first smelling one

[–] rayquetzalcoatl 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh I do bloody love a bit of offal tho. I think that AAAAA screaming might be my guts, cos it's deffo not my gob

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Your mileage may vary. It's not in the hakarl/sürstomming region of bad smells.

But if it sounds like your thing, get the ones from Troyes!